POSITION:              Special Education Compliancy Coach
POSITION TERM:     11 Month
REPORTS TO:          Director of Special Education
DATE:                     September 2022

Our Mission:
The mission of the Agora Cyber Charter School is to provide an innovative, intensive academic preparation that inspires and educates students to achieve the highest levels of academic knowledge and skills. Agora embraces a collaborative partnership between teachers and parents in order to empower students to reach extraordinary heights. Extraordinary results require extraordinary efforts. With commitment, hard work, consistency and responsibility, every student will meet the challenge of mastering high expectations.

Our vision:
The vision of Agora Cyber Charter School is to prepare all students to achieve their highest potential through actively engaging in their own schooling, achieving their personal learning goals and cultivating success as lifelong learners.

Position Summary:
The Compliancy Coach, having both pedagogical and regulatory expertise, will work as a colleague with special educators to support compliance in school-produced documents. The Compliancy Coach will focus on individual and group professional learning that will expand and refine the understanding about constructing IEPs, 504s, and supporting reports and documents that meet local and state requirements. In order to meet this purpose, the Compliancy Coach will provide personalized, 1:1 support based on the goals and identified needs of individual teachers

Essential Functions:
(Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)
• Create a culture of learning with teachers and administrators by developing and maintaining confidential, collegial relationships
• Facilitate the intellectual and professional development of teachers with a focus on improving document compliance with local and state regulations
• Review IEPs and other teacher-created documents and reports for accuracy and appropriateness in compliance with state and federal guidelines; address weaknesses with teachers as required
• Provide individualized coaching and ongoing guidance to special educators for IEP development, disability information, research based instructional strategies, and behavior management.
• Provide IEP training for all new special education teachers at the beginning of the school year
• Model ethical document construction that complies with all relevant regulations
Special Education Compliancy Coach Position
Description
September 2022
• Attend IEP meetings and other student-centered meetings as necessary to resolve issues and ensure the appropriate development and implementation of programs and services
• Manage time and schedule to complete document audits, collaborative review, coaching, and follow-up in a timely manner
• Maintain coaching notes/log after each coaching cycle, including artifacts/evidence supporting each encounter
• Share non-identifying information and coaching log/notes with supervisor
• Provide support for strategies related to IEP, progress monitoring, and other special education-specific document construction
• Provide assistance in researching best practices, and resources for construction of student IEPs
• Encourage ongoing professional growth for all teachers
• Assist with development and implementation of district process and auditing related to confidentiality, content, reporting, and archiving of special education documents and reports
• Engage in individual and school-directed professional development opportunities
• Promote the growth and success of our school by actively engaging in school culture and events, including serving on school committees
• Work positively toward meeting identified district and building improvement goals
• Perform other duties as assigned

Competencies:
• Ethical conduct
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Strategic thinking, including data analysis skills
• Communications proficiency with excellent writing and verbal communication skills
• Possess an understanding of when to contact administrators regarding issues of safety/ethics
• Willingness to assume a leadership position
• Team orientated attitude and strong problem-solving abilities with ability to analyze situations and make accurate decisions
• Technology capacity, with intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office products; Word, Excel, and Outlook

Required Education and Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum of five years teaching experience
• Active and Valid Instructional II certification from Pennsylvania Department of Education
• Demonstrated knowledge of Pennsylvania School Code, Chapter 14 and related guidance
• Experience in researched-based instructional practices

Preferred Education and Experience:
• Master’s degree
• Eight or more years teaching experience
• Previous coaching or teacher leadership experience
• Comprehensive knowledge of reading, writing, literacy development, and/or math

Work Environment:
This job operates in a professional virtual environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones and photocopiers.

Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Declaration:
This job description does not state or imply that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. The employee in this position will be required to follow any
other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by his/her administrator(s) and/or supervisor(s).

Agora Cyber Charter School is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.